2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland information
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2017 United Kingdom general election (Northern Ireland)
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All 18 seats in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons
Turnout
65.6% ()
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Arlene Foster
Gerry Adams
Colum Eastwood
Party
DUP
Sinn Féin
SDLP
Leader since
17 December 2015
13 November 1983
14 November 2015
Leader's seat
Did not stand
Did not stand
Did not stand
Last election
8 seats, 25.7%
4 seats, 24.5%
3 seats, 13.9%
Seats won
10
7
0
Seat change
2
3
3
Popular vote
292,316
238,915
95,419
Percentage
36.0%
29.4%
11.7%
Swing
10.3%
4.9%
2.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Robin Swann
Naomi Long
Party
UUP
Alliance
Percentage
10.3%
7.9%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency
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The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of 7.2 percentage points from the last general election.[1]
The DUP gained 2 seats for a total of 10, and Sinn Féin won 7, an improvement of 3. Independent unionist Sylvia Hermon was also re-elected in her constituency of North Down. Meanwhile, the SDLP lost 3 seats and the UUP lost 2 seats, meaning they both lost all their representation in the House of Commons.
As Sinn Féin maintains a policy of abstentionism in regards to the British Parliament, the 2017 election marked the first parliament since 1964 without any Irish nationalist MPs who take their seats in the House of Commons in Westminster.
Nationally, the governing Conservative Party fell 8 seats short of a parliamentary majority after the election, reduced to 4 if the absence of Sinn Féin is taken into account. The DUP thus held the balance of power, and announced on 10 June that it would support the Conservative government on a "confidence and supply" basis.[2](See also Conservative–DUP agreement.)
^"UK Parliamentary Election 2017 - Turnout". EONI. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Who are the DUP and will they demand a soft Brexit to prop up the Tories?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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